1.

A statistical experiment is a process that, when performed:

A) results in one and only one of two observations
B) results in at least two of many observations
C) may not lead to the occurrence of any outcome
D) results in one and only one of many observations
Ans: D Difficulty level: Low Objective: Identify the sample space used in the
description of an experiment.

2. A sample point is
A) a collection of many sample spaces
B) a point that represents a population in a sample
C) an element of a sample space
D) a collection of observations
Ans: C Difficulty level: low Objective: Identify the sample space used in the
description of an experiment.

3. An event
A) is the same as a sample space C) includes one or more outcomes
B) includes exactly one outcome D) includes all possible outcomes
Ans: C Difficulty level: low Objective: Define an event.

4. A simple event
A) is a collection of exactly two outcomes
B) includes one and only one outcome
C) does not include any outcome
D) includes all possible outcomes
Ans: B Difficulty level: low Objective: Distinguish between simple and compound
events.

5. A compound event includes

A) at least three outcomes C) one and only one outcome
B) at least two outcomes D) all outcomes of an experiment
Ans: B Difficulty level: low Objective: Distinguish between simple and compound
events.

6. The experiment of tossing a coin 3 times has

A) 2 outcomes B) 8 outcomes C) 6 outcomes D) 5 outcomes
Ans: B Difficulty level: medium Objective: Identify the sample space used in the
description of an experiment.

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7. A box contains a few red, a few black, and a few white marbles. Two marbles are
randomly drawn from this box and the color of these marbles is observed. The total
number of outcomes for this experiment is
A) 3
B) 6
C) 9
D) you can't tell until you know exactly how many marbles are in the box
Ans: C Difficulty level: low Objective: Identify the sample space used in the
description of an experiment.

8. You randomly select two households and observe whether or not they own a telephone
answering machine. Which of the following is a simple event?
A) Exactly one of them owns a telephone answering machine.
B) At least one of them owns a telephone answering machine.
C) At most one of them owns a telephone answering machine.
D) Neither of the two owns a telephone answering machine.
Ans: A Difficulty level: low Objective: Define an event.

9. You toss a coin nine times and observe 3 heads and 6 tails. This event is a:
A) compound event C) multiple outcome
B) simple event D) multinomial sample point
Ans: B Difficulty level: low Objective: Distinguish between simple and compound
events.

10. The probability of an event is always

A) greater than zero C) between 0 and 1, inclusive
B) less than 1 D) greater than 1
Ans: C Difficulty level: low Objective: Explain the basic properties of probability.

11. According to the relative frequency concept of probability, the probability of an event is
A) 1 divided by the total number of outcomes for the experiment
B) the number of times the given event is observed divided by the total number of
repetitions of the experiment
C) the number of outcomes favorable to the given event divided by the sample space
D) the sample space divided by the number of outcomes favorable to the given event
Ans: B Difficulty level: low Objective: Apply the relative frequency concept of the
probability approach to compute the probability of an event.

12. You select one person from a group of eight males and two females. The two events "a
male is selected" and "a female is selected" are
A) independent C) not equally likely
B) equally likely D) collectively exhaustive
Ans: C Difficulty level: low Objective: Explain the basic properties of probability.

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13. Which of the following values cannot be the probability of an event?

A) 0.33 B) 2.47 C) 0.25 D) 1.00
Ans: B Difficulty level: low Objective: Explain the basic properties of probability.

14. A conditional probability is a probability

A) of a sample space based on a certain condition
B) that an event will occur given that another event has already occurred
C) that an event will occur based on the condition that no other event is being
considered
D) that an event will occur based on the condition that no other event has already
occurred
Ans: B Difficulty level: low Objective: Compute the conditional probability of an
event in the context of an application.

15. A marginal probability is a probability of

A) a sample space
B) an outcome when another outcome has already occurred
C) an event without considering any other event
D) an experiment calculated at the margin
Ans: C Difficulty level: Low Objective: Compute and interpret the marginal
probabilities in the context of an application.

16. Two mutually exclusive events

A) always occur together
B) can sometimes occur together
C) cannot occur together
D) can occur together, provided one has already occurred
Ans: C Difficulty level: low Objective: Determine if events are mutually
exclusive.

17. Two events are independent if the occurrence of one event

A) affects the probability of the occurrence of the other event
B) does not affect the probability of the occurrence of the other event
C) means that the second event cannot occur
D) means that the second event is certain to occur
Ans: B Difficulty level: low Objective: Apply the definition of independence to
determine if two events are independent.

18. Two complementary events

A) taken together do not include all outcomes for an experiment
B) taken together include all outcomes for an experiment
C) can occur together
D) are always independent
Ans: B Difficulty level: low Objective: Determine the probability of the
complement of an event in the context of an application.

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19. Two events A and B are independent if

A) P(A) is equal to P(B) C) P(A|B) is equal to P(A)
B) P(B|A) is equal to P(A) D) P(A|B) is equal to P(B)
Ans: C Difficulty level: low Objective: Apply the definition of independence to
determine if two events are independent.

20. If , then events A and B are

P( A  B)  P( A) P( B)
A) complementary B) mutually exclusive C) independent D) subjective
Ans: C Difficulty level: low Objective: Apply the definition of independence to
determine if two events are independent.

Use the following to answer questions 21-26:

The following table gives the two-way classification of 500 students based on sex and whether or
not they suffer from math anxiety.

Suffer From Math Anxiety

Sex Yes No
Male 167 73
Female 168 92

21. If you randomly select one student from these 500 students, the probability that this
selected student is a female is: (round your answer to three decimal places, so 0.0857
would be 0.086)
Ans: 0.520
Difficulty level: low Objective: Compute and interpret the marginal probabilities in
the context of an application.

22. If you randomly select one student from these 500 students, the probability that this
selected student suffers from math anxiety is: (round your answer to three decimal places,
so 0.0857 would be 0.086)
Ans: 0.670
Difficulty level: low Objective: Compute and interpret the marginal probabilities in
the context of an application.

23. If you randomly select one student from these 500 students, the probability that this
selected student suffers from math anxiety, given that he is a male is: (round your answer
to three decimal places, so 0.0857 would be 0.086)
Ans: 0.696
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Use a two-way table and tree diagram to help
visualize the computation of conditional probability.

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24. If you randomly select one student from these 500 students, the probability that this
selected student is a female, given that she does not suffer from math anxiety is: (round
your answer to three decimal places, so 0.0857 would be 0.086)
Ans: 0.558
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Use a two-way table and tree diagram to help
visualize the computation of conditional probability.

25. Which of the following pairs of events are mutually exclusive?

A) Female and male D) Male and no
B) Female and no E) Male and yes
C) Female and yes F) No and yes
Ans: A ,F Difficulty level: low Objective: Determine if events are mutually
exclusive.

26. Are the events "Has math anxiety" and "Person is female" independent or dependent?
Detail the calculations you performed to determine this.
Ans: Dependent.

P(Has math anxiety{for all students}) = 0.670

P(Female) = 0.520
P(Has math anxiety | Female) = 0.548
Since P(Has math anxiety | Female) is very different from P(Has math anxiety), the
two variables are not independent.
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Use a two-way table to aid in determining if two
events are independent.

27. In a group of 88 students, 16 are seniors. If you select one student randomly from this
group, the probability (rounded to three decimal places) that this student is a senior is:
Ans: 0.182
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the classical probability approach to compute
the probability of a simple event.

28. In a group of 436 families, 259 own homes. If you select one family randomly from this
group, the probability (rounded to three decimal places) that this family owns a house is:
Ans: 0.594
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the classical probability approach to compute
the probability of a simple event.

29. You roll an unbalanced die 850 times, and a 3-spot is obtained 148 times. The probability
(rounded to three decimal places) of not obtaining a 3-spot for this die is approximately:
Ans: 0.826
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the classical probability approach to compute
the probability of a simple event.; Determine the probability of the complement of an
event in the context of an application.

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30. A quality control staff selects 192 items from the production line of a company and finds
21 defective items. The probability (rounded to three decimal places) that an item
manufactured by this company is not defective is:
Ans: 0.891
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the classical probability approach to compute
the probability of a simple event.; Determine the probability of the complement of an
event in the context of an application.

Use the following to answer questions 31-44:

A pollster asked 1000 adults whether Republicans or Democrats have better domestic economic
policies. The following table gives the two-way classification of there opinions.

Sex Republicans Democrats No Opinion

Male 205 350 39
Female 185 190 31

The pollster then randomly selected one adult from these 1,000 adults.

31. The probability that the selected adult is a male is: (round your answer to three decimal
places)
Ans: 0.594
Difficulty level: low Objective: Compute and interpret the marginal probabilities in
the context of an application.

32. The probability that the selected adult says Democrats have better domestic economic
policies is: (round your answer to three decimal places)
Ans: 0.540
Difficulty level: low Objective: Compute and interpret the marginal probabilities in
the context of an application.

33. The probability that the selected adult is a female given that she thinks that Republicans
have better domestic economic policies is approximately (round your answer to three
decimal places):
Ans: 0.474
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Compute the conditional probability of an event
in the context of an application.

34. The probability that the selected adult has no opinion given that he is a male is
approximately (round your answer to three decimal places):
Ans: 0.066
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Compute the conditional probability of an event
in the context of an application.

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35. Which of the following pairs of events are mutually exclusive?

A) Female and democrat D) Democrat and no opinion
B) Female and male E) Male and republican
C) Female and republican F) Male and no opinion
Ans: B, D Difficulty level: low Objective: Determine if events are mutually
exclusive.

36. Are the events "Democrat" and "Female" independent or dependent? Detail the
calculations you performed to determine this.
Ans: Dependent

P(Democrat) = 0.540
P(Female) = 0.406
P(Democrat | Female) = 0.468
P(Female | Democrat) = 0.352
Since the probabilities are so different, they cannot be independent.
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Use a two-way table to aid in determining if two
events are independent.

37. The joint probability (rounded to three decimal places) of events "Republicans" and
"Male" is:
Ans: 0.205
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the multiplication rule along with a two-way
table to find the joint probability of two events.

38. The probability (rounded to three decimal places) that a randomly selected adult from
these 1,000 adults is a female and holds the opinion that Democrats have better domestic
policies is:
Ans: 0.190
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the multiplication rule along with a two-way
table to find the joint probability of two events.

39. The joint probability (rounded to three decimal places) of events "Male" and "No
Opinion" is:
Ans: 0.039
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the multiplication rule along with a two-way
table to find the joint probability of two events.

40. The joint probability (rounded to three decimal places) of events "Republicans" and
"Democrats" is:
Ans: 0
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the multiplication rule along with a two-way
table to find the joint probability of two events.

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41. The probability that the selected adult has no opinion is: (Round your answer to 2
decimal places.)
Ans: 0.07
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Compute and interpret the marginal probabilities in
the context of an application.

42. The probability (rounded to three decimal places) that the selected adult is a female or
thinks that Democrats have better domestic economic policies is:
Ans: 0.756
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-way
table to find the probability of the union of two events.

43. The probability (rounded to three decimal places) that the selected adult has no opinion or
is a male is:
Ans: 0.625
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-way
table to find the probability of the union of two events.

44. The probability that this adult is a male or doesn't think that Democrats have better
domestic economic policies is: (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
Ans: 0.810
Difficulty level: high Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-way table
to find the probability of the union of two events.

45. The intersection of two events A and B is made up of the outcomes that are:
A) either in A or in B or in both A and B C) either in A or in B, but not both
B) common to both A and B D) not common to both A and B
Ans: B Difficulty level: Low Objective: Illustrate the intersection of two events
using a Venn diagram.

46. The probability of the intersection of two events A and B is given by:
A) C)
P( A)  P( B) P( A) P( A | B)
B) D)
P( A)  P( B)  P( A and B) P( A) P( B | A)
Ans: D Difficulty level: Low Objective: Illustrate the intersection of two events
using a Venn diagram.

47. The joint probability of two independent events A and B is:

A) C)
P( A)  P( B) P( A) P( B)
B) D)
P( A)  P( B)  P( A or B) P( A) P( A | B)
Ans: C Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the multiplication rule along with a
two-way table to find the joint probability of two events.

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48. The joint probability of two mutually exclusive events is always equal to (rounded to one
decimal place)
Ans: 0
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Explain why the joint probability of mutually
exclusive events must be zero.

49. In a class of 49 students, 11 are math majors. The teacher selects two students at random
from this class. The probability (to three decimal places) that both of them are math
majors is:
Ans: 0.047
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the classical probability approach to
compute the probability of a compound event.

50. The athletic department of a school has 12 full-time coaches, and 4 of them are female.
The director selects two coaches at random from this group. The probability (to three
decimal places) that neither of them is a female is:
Ans: 0.424
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the multiplication rule along with a tree
diagram to find the joint probability of two events.

51. The probability that a physician is a pediatrician is 0.16. The administration selects two
physicians at random. The probability (rounded to three decimal places) that none of
them is a pediatrician is:
Ans: 0.706 ‫ده ﺑاﻟﺗﻗرﻳﺐ‬
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the multiplication rule along with a tree
diagram to find the joint probability of two events.

52. The probability that an adult possesses a credit card is 0.71. A researcher selects two
adults at random. The probability (rounded to three decimal places) that the first adult
possesses a credit card and the second adult does not possess a credit card is:
Ans: 0.206
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the multiplication rule to calculate the
joint probability of two independent events.

53. The probability that a physician is a pediatrician is 0.24. The administration selects three
physicians at random. The probability (rounded to three decimal places) that exactly two
of them are pediatricians is:
Ans: 0.131
Difficulty level: high Objective: Apply the multiplication rule to calculate the joint
probability of three events.
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54. The probability that an adult possesses a credit card is 0.77. A researcher selects four
adults at random. The probability (rounded to three decimal places) that three of the four
adults possess a credit card is:
Ans: 0.420
Difficulty level: high Objective: Apply the multiplication rule to calculate the joint
probability of three events.

55. The probability that a person is a college graduate is 0.34 and that he/she has high blood
pressure is 0.13. Assuming that these two events are independent, the probability (to four
decimal places) that a person selected at random is a college graduate and has high blood
pressure is
Ans: 0.0442
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the multiplication rule to calculate the joint
probability of two independent events.

56. The probability that a person is a college graduate is 0.40 and that he/she has high blood
pressure is 0.18. Assuming that these two events are independent, the probability (to four
decimal places) that a person selected at random is a college graduate or has high blood
pressure is
Ans: 0.5080
Difficulty level: high Objective: Apply the multiplication rule to calculate the joint
probability of two independent events.

57. The probability that a corporation made profits in 2005 is 0.80 and the probability that a
corporation made charitable contributions in 2005 is 0.25. Assuming that these two
events are independent, the probability (rounded to 4 decimal places) that a corporation
made profits in 2005 and made charitable contributions in 2005 is:
Ans: 0.2000
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the multiplication rule to calculate the joint
probability of two independent events.

58. The probability that a corporation made profits in 2005 is 0.78 and the probability that a
corporation made charitable contributions in 2005 is 0.23. Assuming that these two
events are independent, the probability (rounded to 4 decimal places) that a corporation
made profits in 2005 or made charitable contributions in 2005, but not both is:
Ans: 0.6512
Difficulty level: high Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-way table
to find the probability of the union of two events.

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59. The probability that an employee of a company is a male is 0.65 and the joint probability
that an employee of this company is a male and single is 0.23. The probability (rounded
to three decimal places) that a randomly selected employee of this company is single
given he is a male is:
Ans: 0.354
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Compute the conditional probability of an event
in the context of an application.

60. The probability that a farmer is in debt is 0.76. The joint probability that a farmer is in
debt and lives in the Midwest is 0.21. The probability (rounded to three decimal places)
that a randomly selected farmer lives in the Midwest, given that he is in debt is:
Ans: 0.276
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Calculate the conditional probability of an event
in the context of an application.

61. The total number of outcomes for 3 rolls of a 9-sided die is:
Ans: 729
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Identify the sample space used in the description
of an experiment.

62. A woman owns 15 blouses, 10 skirts, and 4 pairs of shoes. She will randomly select one
blouse, one skirt, and one pair of shoes to wear on a certain day. The total number of
possible outcomes is:
Ans: 600
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the multiplication rule along with a tree
diagram to find the joint probability of two events.

63. The union of two events A and B represents the outcomes that are:
A) either in A or in B or in both A and B C) neither in A nor in B
B) common to both A and B D) not common to both A and B
Ans: A Difficulty level: Low Objective: Illustrate the union of two events using a
two-way table and a Venn diagram.

64. The probability of the union of two events A and B is the probability that:
A) neither event A happens nor event B happens
B) both events do not happen together
C) both events A and B happen together
D) either event A or event B or both A and B happen
Ans: D Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-
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65. The probability of the union of two events A and B is:

A) C)
P( A)  P( B)  P( A or B) P( A) P( B | A)
B) and D)
P( A)  P( B)  P( A or B) P( A) P( A | B)
Ans: B Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-
way table to find the probability of the union of two events.

66. The probability of the union of two events A and B, that are mutually exclusive, is:
A) C)
P( A)  P( B) P( A) P( A | B)
B) D)
P( A)  P( B)  P( A and B) P( A) P( B | A)
Ans: A Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the addition rule to find the
probability of the union of two mutually exclusive events.

67. The probability that a student at a university is a male is 0.52, that a student is a business
major is 0.17, and that a student is a male and a business major is 0.08. The probability
that a randomly selected student from this university is a male or a business major is:
Ans: 0.61
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-way
table to find the probability of the union of two events.

68. The probability that a family has at least one child is 0.79, that a family owns a
camcorder is 0.19, and that a family has at least one child and owns a camcorder is 0.07.
The probability that a randomly selected family has at least one child or owns a
camcorder is:
Ans: 0.91
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-way
table to find the probability of the union of two events.

69. 44% of the voters are in favor of limiting the number of terms for senators and
congressmen, 36% are against it, and 20% have no opinion. If a pollster selects one voter
at random, the probability (to two decimal places) that this voter is either in favor of
limiting the number of terms for senators and congressmen or has no opinion is:
Ans: 0.64
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the addition rule to find the probability of the
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70. A company has a total of 575 male employees. Of them, 134 are single, 276 are married,
122 are either divorced or separated, and 43 are widowers. If management selects one
male employee at random from the company, the probability (rounded to three decimal
places) that this employee is married or a widower is:
Ans: 0.555
Difficulty level: Low Objective: Apply the addition rule to find the probability of the
union of two mutually exclusive events.; Calculate the conditional probability of an event
in the context of an application.

Use the following to answer questions 71-73:

A consume researcher inspects 300 batteries manufactured by two companies for being good or
defective. The following table gives the two-way classification of these 300 batteries.

Good Defective
Company A 148 2
Company B 122 28

71. If the researcher selects one battery at random from these 300 batteries, the probability
(rounded to three decimal places) that this battery is good or made by company B is
Ans: 0.993
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the multiplication rule along with a two-
way table to find the joint probability of two events.

72. If the researcher selects one battery at random from these 300 batteries, the probability
(rounded to three decimal places) that this battery is defective or made by company A is
Ans: 0.593
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-way
table to find the probability of the union of two events.

73. If the researcher selects one battery at random from these 300 batteries, the probability
(rounded to three decimal places) that this battery is good or made by company A is
Ans: 0.907
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-way
table to find the probability of the union of two events.

74. The probability that a person drinks at least five cups of coffee per day is 0.31, and the
probability that a person has high blood pressure is 0.09. Assuming that these two events
are independent, find the probability (to four decimal places) that a person selected at
random drinks less than five cups of coffee per day and has high blood pressure.
Ans: 0.0621
Difficulty level: medium Objective: Apply the multiplication rule along with a tree
diagram to find the joint probability of two events.

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75. The probability that a person drinks at least five cups of coffee per day is 0.30, and the
probability that a person has high blood pressure is 0.09. Assuming that these two events
are independent, find the probability (to four decimal places) that a person selected at
random drinks less than five cups of coffee per day or has high blood pressure.
Ans: 0.7270
Difficulty level: high Objective: Apply the addition rule along with a two-way table
to find the probability of the union of two events.

76. Friends will be called, one after another, and asked to go on a weekend trip with you. You
will call until one agrees to go (A) or four friends are asked. What is the tree diagram for
the sample space for this experiment?

A)

B)

C)

D)
Ans: C Difficulty Level: Medium Difficulty level: medium Objective: Identify
the sample space used in the description of an experiment.

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77. Pioneer Of The Nile (A), I Want Revenge (B), and Hold Me Back (C), were the three
favorites to win the Kentucky Derby. According to an expert, they should arrive first,
second and third, respectively.

The tree diagram for the sample space is given below.

A) Complete the tree diagram from top to bottom

B) State the composition of the event E = [exactly two horses arrived in the predicted
place]

Part A: B, C, A, C, A, B
Part B: E = { }
Difficulty Level: Medium Difficulty level: medium Objective: Identify the sample
space used in the description of an experiment.

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78. The sample space is given by the first 15 positive integers.

Consider the events:

A = [odd integers] B = [prime integers]

Make a Venn diagram showing these events.

A)

B)

C)

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D)
Ans: D Difficulty Level: Medium Difficulty level: medium Objective: Identify
the sample space used in the description of an experiment.

79. From the probabilities shown in this Venn diagram, determine the probability A does not
occur.

B
0.16 0.23

0.44

0.17

Ans: 0.61
Difficulty Level: Medium Difficulty level: low Objective: Illustrate the sample
space using Venn diagrams and/or tree diagrams.

80. From the probabilities shown in this Venn diagram, determine the probability that A
occurs and B does not occur.

B
0.23 0.18

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0.42

0.17

Ans: 0.23
Difficulty Level: Medium Difficulty level: low Objective: Illustrate the sample
space using Venn diagrams and/or tree diagrams.; Use a two-way table and tree diagram
to help visualize the computation of conditional probability.

81. From the probabilities shown in this Venn diagram, determine the probability that exactly
one of the events A and B occurs.

B
0.02 0.21

0.55

0.22

Ans: 0.57
Difficulty Level: Medium Difficulty level: low Objective: Illustrate the union of
two events using a two-way table and a Venn diagram.

82. In general, "n factorial" represents:

A) the product of any n numbers C) the product of all integers from n to 1
B) the sum of all integers from n to 1 D) n-1
Ans: C Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations,
and counting

83. The factorial of zero is:

Ans: 1
Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations, and counting

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84. The factorial of 7 is:

Ans: 5,040
Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations, and counting

85. The factorial of (13 - 8) is:

Ans: 120
Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations, and counting

86. The factorial of (14 - 14) is:

Ans: 1
Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations, and counting

87. The factorial of (5 - 0) is:

Ans: 120
Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations, and counting

88. The number of combinations for selecting 6 elements from 13 distinct elements is:
Ans: 1,716
Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations, and counting

89. The number of combinations for selecting zero elements from 9 distinct elements is:
Ans: 1
Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations, and counting

90. The number of combinations for selecting 7 elements from 7 distinct elements is:
Ans: 1
Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations, and counting

91. A court randomly selects a jury of 8 persons from a group of 21 persons. The total
number of combinations is:
Ans: 203,490
Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations, and counting

92. An investor randomly selects 9 stocks from 11 stocks for an investment portfolio. The
total number of combinations is:
Ans: 55
Difficulty level: low Objective: Factorials, Combinations, Permutations, and counting

93. When a person makes an educated guess about the likelihood that an event will occur, it
is an example of
A) conditional probability. C) subjective probability.
B) marginal probability. D) classical probability.
Ans: C Difficulty level: low Objective: Explain the subjective probability
approach.

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94. The probability of rolling a 1 on a die and flipping heads on a coin at the same time is:
Ans: 1/12
Difficulty level: low Objective: Apply the classical probability approach to compute
the probability of a compound event.

95. Given the table.

Yes No Maybe
Male 0.097 0.135 0.293
Female 0.165 0.159 0.151

What is the probability that a randomly selected Male will answer "Yes" or "No"?
Ans: 0.232
Difficulty level: low Objective: Apply the addition rule to find the probability of the
union of two mutually exclusive events.

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